Understanding the role of spirituality during COVID-19: A cross-cultural qualitative analysis

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dc.citation.issue3
dc.citation.volume27
dc.contributor.authorWaila K
dc.contributor.authorLindsay N
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-14T01:42:57Z
dc.date.available2025-03-14T01:42:57Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-01
dc.description.abstractThe novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2019 brought widespread disruptions to normal daily functioning. The current qualitative phenomenological study explored the role of spirituality during the pandemic across two divergent cultural contexts; India and New Zealand. Inductive thematic analysis of results revealed that spirituality was found to entail a range of convergent health and wellbeing effects that were categorised into four major themes; hope, meaning amidst chaos, strengthened mental fortitude, and inner transformation. Overall, spirituality provided individuals a range of tools to navigate the crisis, building individual resilience and providing courage to face the pandemic’s most difficult challenges. Moreover, the inner-transformative effects of spirituality fostered significant post-traumatic growth above and beyond the immediate impacts of the event, providing evidence for the therapeutic potential inherent within spirituality.
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dc.format.pagination241-254
dc.identifier.citationWaila K, Lindsay N. (2024). Understanding the role of spirituality during COVID-19: a cross-cultural qualitative analysis. Mental Health, Religion and Culture. 27. 3. (pp. 241-254).
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13674676.2024.2350473
dc.identifier.eissn1469-9737
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1367-4676
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72638
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13674676.2024.2350473
dc.relation.isPartOfMental Health, Religion and Culture
dc.rights(c) 2024 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectpandemic
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectSpirituality
dc.subjectwellbeing
dc.titleUnderstanding the role of spirituality during COVID-19: A cross-cultural qualitative analysis
dc.typeJournal article
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